Bus Tour

This is the record of my trip from London to Sydney by bus. Barring any catastrophic disasters, it should take about 13 weeks to complete.

Last weekend, three Sensei's from my school took thirty or so American students on a bus tour around Yamanashi Prefecture, 2 and a half hours out side of Tokyo. This area is famous for Mt. Fuji and its many lakes, koyo~ orange and red leaves in the ...

... through Washington, Oregon, and finally arriving in California. Our first major stop was in San Francisco. I spent 2 full days here...exploring the city. I took a night bus tour of the city...and spent the day exploring on my own. ...

Spur of the moment decision to go on the Sasebo bus tour this morning, which includes a guided tour around the city on a coach, followed by a tour of the Naval museum, a cruise on the Pearl Queen around the 99 islands, a trip through the Sasebo aquarium ...

... to hear that the girl's hadn't eaten supper yet either and we suggested we check out one of the restaurants that the bus tour guide had recommended (it was called Due G). Unfortunately, it was closed. We found another restaurant nearby and sat down to ...

Monday = Big Red Bus Tour   Due to Jacques INABILITY to get out of bed! We were almost too late for the big red bus tour!! I was sooo annoyed!! In the end we got our lazy butts to waterloo for the start of what turned out to be a very eventful ...

... on a 2 day old bagel we of course realized since it was 2pm we had to get our butts out there and do our paid for Big Bus Tour. Fortunately there’s a stop right outside our hotel so within 10 minutes we’re on a bus and on our tour. We elect to ...

... beautiful, and of course we saw the bronze statue of Eva Peron.  For anyone visiting BA we would thoroughly recommend taking the bus tour.  We didn't complete the whole two and a half hour tour today, but will probably pick up the rest tomorrow ...

... 't just gallivant around on the trains like we did for the rest of the trip.  SO, we decided to go on a ridiculous bus tour that lasted 12 hours and covered Bath, Salisbury, and Stonehenge. We knew full well that we were going to be ridiculously ...

On Sunday, we took the Hop On/Hop Off Big Bus tour.  When we reached Trafalgar Square, we got off the bus and toured the National Gallery. We then took the Green Line bus to get to the British Museum.  We were the only ones on the bus so we had ...

THE BUS TOUR A foreword: As with all of this blog, I'm just going to make a broad assumption that Bridget and I are in fact, the only people in the entire world to have ever laid eyes on the cities and artifacts we saw. :) Oh, and all the best stuff ...

... . Upon reaching an agreeable price, I was often told "This price is special for you, no one else gets this price".  Riiight. My bus tour was valid for 24 hrs, so I did what I could before packing it in and going back to my hotel to catch up ...

... our connecting flight to Auckland so we put our things in lockers at the airport removed some layers and took advantage of the free bus tour around Singapore from the airport. The bus tour was free with the main aim of coaxing you to come to Singapore ...

Day 19 Sun 9th Oct 2005 The Big Bus tour of Dubai, and a big culture shock! I got late for the first bus this morning, it was at 9.15. The next one was supposed to be at 10.15, that's more like it! I didn't arrive till about 10.40 but hey the driver was ...

Today was my day to take the bus tour that I booked along with my railpass (that allows me to use the underground and buses and maybe something else too).  I started a few blocks from the hostel and got a bus to Piccadilly Circus where I was to ...

... Wan, where we met one final set of relatives: Sam Goo Ma and Sam Goo Jeung.  They ended up taking us on an unofficial bus tour of the southern part of Hong Kong Island!  We were in excellent hands because Sam Goo Jeung used to be a bus driver ...

Today, I went on a Nara Bus Tour with my dorm, and the best part is that it was free. Nara is a nearby city and was actually the first capital of Japan, until they moved it to Kyoto and finally Tokyo. So Nara is known for its history and temples. ...

... a day, it's nearly impossible to know where to begin. When Hadley was visiting we solved this dilemma by taking the hop-on/hop-off bus tour throughout the city. By sitting at the top of the open-topped bus you get a terrific view as you wind around the ...

We head into the city this morning and take an open topped bus tour. We go halfway round on the tour and then change buses to take the extra tour out to Bondi beach.  As we near the beach it starts raining again!! We decide not to get off the bus ...

... a Rock Dassie. They look like beavers but have really beady eyes. They eat the greenery that grows on the mountain. Our last stop on the bus tour was to Camps Bay - this was a nice, sunny stop. It seems like this would be a really nice place to visit ...

... James Bond walking tour. Seeing MI6 and MI5, as well as Ian Flemming's residence were highlights of the tour of James Bond's London. The Big Bus tour was 18 pounds well spent, giving us a great deal to see when we come back in a feew weeks. The history ...